Statue of Samuel Crompton is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Statue.
Statue of Samuel Crompton
- WRENN ID
- night-solder-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- Statue
- Address
- Statue of Samuel Crompton, Nelson Square, BL1 1JT
- OS grid reference
- SD 718 091
- Coordinates
- 53.57779, -2.42658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Statue of Samuel Crompton, located in Nelson Square, Bolton, was created in 1862 by sculptor William Calder Marshall. It features a bronze figure of Samuel Crompton, who lived from 1753 to 1827, seated on a polished granite plinth. The plinth includes inscriptions and low relief bronze panels that depict Crompton's home, Hall i' th' Wood, and the Spinning Mule. The statue was funded by public subscription at the time of its erection.
Local climate
Statue of Samuel Crompton sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
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